Wyalusing State Park
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Wyalusing State Park
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 Wyalusing State Park seen from the cliffs heading west |
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| location | Grant County in Wisconsin (USA) | |
| surface | 10.64 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 22370 | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 59 ′ N , 91 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | 1917 | |
| administration | Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources | |
The Wyalusing State Park is located in Grant County of the US state of Wisconsin . Established in 1917, the state park is located southeast of the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers . In the 1064 hectare park area there are, among other things, Indian mounds , geological outcrops , viewpoints, hiking opportunities on foot, by bike or by canoe, jetties, campsites and a visitor center.
Flora and fauna
In addition to hardwood forests and pine plantations, there are also oxbow lakes and wetlands in the varied landscape of the state park with cliffs, springs and waterfalls. Over 90 species of birds live there in the summer months. Over 100 species can be seen during the spring and fall bird migrations, including turkey , turkey vulture , bald eagle , birds of prey, owls, waterfowl, and numerous songbirds. Mammals in the park include beavers, foxes and deer, among others. Food fish such as pike, American pikeperch and other real perch can be fished in the branches and oxbow lakes of the two rivers .
history
The 200 m high sandstone cliffs are over 400 million years old. The first humans appeared in the area 11,000 years ago. Settlement traces, mounds and artifacts can be assigned to the pre-Columbian Red Ocher People, the Hopewell culture and the Effigy Mounds culture of the Woodland period . A total of at least 14 tribes were temporarily or permanently to be found in the region until the arrival of the Europeans. The oldest records of Europeans are from June 17, 1763 by Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet . They were followed by French, British and later American fur traders as well as gold diggers, farmers and settlers.
At the beginning of the 20th century, plans matured to convert the site into a state park. The then owners of Robert Glenn's family conducted negotiations and in 1912 the land was transferred and the State Park opened in 1917. Initially under the name Nelson Dewey State Park , it was later renamed Wyalusing State Park , where Wyalusing means home of the warrior in the Munsee-Delaware language .
In the meantime, the state park has been expanded again and is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 1, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Wyalusing History ( Memento from May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Wyalusing State Park at Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
- Wyalusing State Park on the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System